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Twinning rate trend in a population sample from the city of São Paulo, Brazil
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2003 A retrospective study was carried out on a sample consisting of 89,491 deliveries occurred from 1979 through 1998, in the city of São Paulo, SP, Brazil. These deliveries included 935 twin and 26 triplet births. The mean incidence per 1,000 deliveries was
Gloria M.D.D. Colletto
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Novel BEST1 mutation in autosomal recessive bestrophinopathy in Japanese siblings
Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021 PURPOSE: Autosomal recessive bestrophinopathy (ARB) is a disease that results from the mutations in the BEST1 gene. It is characterized by multifocal yellowish lipofuscin deposits, cystoid macular edema, and subretinal fluid.
Rika Yamada +4 more
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HLA Haplotypes in Dizygotic Twin Pairs: Are Dizygotic Twins More Similar Than Sibs? [PDF]
Twin Research, 2002 AbstractIt has been suggested that dizygotic twin pairs share two HLA haplotypes more often than ordinary siblings and thus might be genetically more alike. We tested this hypothesis in dizygotic twin pairs from the Danish Twin Registry. A total of 114 (60 female and 54 male) same-sexed healthy twin pairs aged 18–45 years participated.
Titlestad, Ingrid Louise +3 more
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A dohányzási szokásokat befolyásoló környezeti tényezők egy- és kétpetéjű ikrek körében [PDF]
, 2013 Introduction: Smoking habits are influenced by environmental (family, friends) and psychologic factors. Aim: To investigate environmental factors which influence the smoking habits of monozygotic and dizygotic twins.
Bakkne Nagy M, +2 more
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VALIDATION OF ZYGOSITY ASSESSMENT BY A SELF-REPORT QUESTIONNAIRE IN A SAMPLE OF ADULT SERBIAN TWINS
Primenjena Psihologija, 2019 Validation of a twin zygosity-estimating questionnaire, The Questionnaire of Twins’ Physical Resemblance, created by Oniszczenko et al. and used in European and Serbian twin studies, was carried out on a sample of 222 pairs (176 monozygotic, 46 dizygotic)
Petar Čolović +2 more
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Comparison of epidemiologic factors and eye manifestations of twin children with controls
BMC Ophthalmology, 2023 Purpose The present study was aimed to compare the epidemiological and ocular findings of twin children in comparison with non- twin age matched individuals as their control.
Zhale Rajavi +6 more
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Effect of Genetic and Environmental Factors on the Impaction of Lower Third Molars
Applied Sciences, 2021 The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the impact of genetic and environmental factors on the impaction of lower third molars using a classical twin study by evaluation of the third molar eruption space and M3 angulation.
Giedrė Trakinienė +4 more
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Inheritance in Human Dizygotic Twinning [PDF]
New England Journal of Medicine, 1964 THIS paper is concerned with the question of whether the father plays any part in the occurrence of twins among his children.
White, Colin, Wyshak, Grace
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Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2014 Twins are two independent babies delivered during the same pregnancy and are divided as monozygotic or dizygotic based on their origin. Dizygotic twins are similar to two siblings and have different genetic information.
K. V. S. Hari Kumar, K D Modi
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Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Twins Case Series
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2017 BackgroundUse or abuse of opioids and related drugs during pregnancy increases the risk of maternal and neonatal morbidities, including increased susceptibility to Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS).
Rajesh Pandey +2 more
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